Improved screen coal-hod



NICHOLS & WEAVER.

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No. 100 791. Patented Ma-mh 15, 1870.

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- N. PETERS, PHOTD-Lfl HOGRAFMER, WASHINGTON. D Cv p 1'0 all whom 'it may concern:

ma swa s. NICHOLS AND REUBEN WEAVER, OF CENTRAL. VILLAGE, GON- @NECTIOUT.

Letters Patent No. 1 00,7 91, dated March 15', 1870.

IMPROVED SCREEN'COAL-HOD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known thatwe, M. S. NICHOLS and REUBEN WEAVER, of Central Village, in the county of Windham, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Screen Coal-Bods; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, c'lear,

' and exact description thereof, which will enable others R skilled-in the art to make and use the same, reference being had-to the accompanying drawingsforming part 3 of this specification.

as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing-f Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the bud I through the line a: a: of fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top view. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the'ash-pan. B is the partdesigned for coal.

These two parts fit together, as seen, in the drawing. i B fits into A, where it fastened by means of. a pin,

O,-and a spring catch, D,.wheu the hod is in use; but by this arrangement it will be seen that the parts are readily separated.

E represents a screen or sieve made either in the,

grate-form, as seen in the drawing, or of wire-cloth or 1 i perforated metal. "This screen is rigidly attached to the coal part B, and forms a bottomthereto.

When a stove is cleaned out or ashes taken up the ashes and fine or unconsumed coal are thrown into the hod.

The ashes drop through the screen into the ash-pan 'A, or the hod may be shaken or agitated so that the ash is separated from the unconsumed coal. When this separation is complete the two parts of the hod may be separated, the ashes are carried out in the "fromcoal before it is carried to the fire, butthe principal advantage is, it takes the place or does the duty of all the various coal-screening arrangementsnow in use. The coal-hod is made to answer all purposes. The advantages of this arrangement must be obvious to all.

Havingthus described our invention,

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The combination of coal-chamber B and screen E with a removable ash-pan A, made easily and quickly 

